Power of 5000 suns! The R5800 solar concentrator

Solar Death Ray: Power of 5000 suns! The R5800 solar concentrator, replaced by the new R23k, is made from an ordinary fiberglass satellite dish. It is covered in about 5800 3/8 (~1cm) mirror ti.\r\n\r\n A solar death ray melts a metal padlock, illustrating the power of focus, with a spot fresnel lens. What if you use your pow.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe 55.7 Parabolic Dish heat ray providing grid free energy from the sun. The water boiled in 90 Seconds from 50F. The contai.\r\n\r\n On this week's Crave, we learn how to build a solar-powered death ray that will melt just about anything. A man gets a Netflix tattoo a.\r\nmusic: "hypnothis" www.incompetech.com\r\nprovided under creative commons liscence\r\n\r\n_______\r\nCalculations:\r\nArea of dish aperture (elliptical)= (pi x 102cm x 73cm)/4 = 5848 sq cm\r\nArea of focal point (circular)= pi(0.6cm)^2 = 1.14 sq cm\r\n____________________\r\nR5800 (Shown in video)\r\n\r\nDish Type= 0.7m x 1m offset focus elliptical.\r\nConcentration Power= 5000x\r\nOutput Power Estimate = 560 watts\r\n\r\n___________________________________\r\nR23k (New version replacing R5800) Stats:\r\n\r\nDish Type= 1.2m x 1.3m offset focus elliptical.\r\nConcentration Power= 10,000x\r\nOutput Power Estimate= 1130 watts.\r\nMirrors= 23000 of 1cm width triangular mirror tiles